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When you go to the dentist, the doctor isn’t just assessing your teeth. The health of your mouth can be an indicator of larger, more serious issues. I...

Jonathan “Jon” Levitt spent the last years of his promising young life battling the grips of a merciless addiction to opioids. Jon was an attractive a...

The winter air is quiet. Peaceful. Trees in the Finger Lakes are blanketed in white, fields of fresh clean snow glisten in the (sometimes rare) sunlig...

“I have to get in shape, I have to start exercising,” says Jeanine Whitney, secretary at Colonial School District, recalling what she told herself bac...

In the grips of a bitter wintry depression and feeling the tug of old demons in the form of drugs and alcohol Yana Khashper and her boyfriend Sean Smi...

Misery may love company, but it also has negative repercussions on your physical and mental health. In contrast, there are people who radiate optimism...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or is it? Full of festive decor and family traditions, the months of November and December can provide plent...

With a hashtag like #spinforkidz, it’s not hard to see why the New Castle Community YMCA kicked off its third annual spin-a-thon event with a bang, or...

A rainy day that made getting to school while exposed to the elements less than ideal couldn’t stop nearly 700 students in Brockport Central School Di...

There’s a new food truck rolling around town. But don’t expect to see it at the festival circuit anytime soon. This repurposed, full-sized school bus ...

Staying active is how Linda Deabenderfer rolls with life. Going to the gym has been a regular part of her routine and she’s been a member of the S&T W...

The final notes in the summer concert music series have been sung. Cruise nights are now a distant memory, and water parks that were bustling with act...

Eating is like breathing; we’ve been doing it since the day we were born. Yet for such a common activity, the knowledge of how to eat well has become ...

Biometric screenings have increasingly become the go-to tool of employee wellness programs. The screenings are a series of tests designed to offer a s...

If you’re tired of being stuck indoors and need to take in some sun and fresh air, then lace up your shoes and take a walk — or a hike — on the wild s...

A popular convenience store once described its selection of items available to customers as “too much good stuff.” If Monroe County wanted to borrow t...

Randy and Brenda Oaks were enjoying vacation in Myrtle Beach in May 2017. They did some relaxing, fishing and sight-seeing. But toward the end of this...

Just like clockwork, it seems that every two years or so, everyone catches Olympic fever. In an effort to incorporate mental and physical wellness int...

Jeannie Petrosky has a clever way of getting people into shape. “I take kickboxing-type moves and choreograph it into an exercise routine,” Petrosky s...

The Boston Marathon has Heartbreak Hill. The London Marathon offers a glimpse of Big Ben. The It’s a Wonderful Run 5K in Seneca Falls has the Bridge S...